Guest guest Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Well, the ciggy-butt 30 only put me up to 290 lbs. It was when the doc put me on insulin for my diabetes and I gained 35 lbs in 3 mos that I became mired in despair. Also could barely walk, had stasis dermatitis so bad in my legs I was on 8 painkillers a day. Then the blood pressure started going up from combo of insulin and oral diabetes meds, and, and, and all kinds of other bad stuff started happening.......well, everyone's got their own straw that broke the camel's back. When I went in for my sleep study test and the interviewer asked me had I ever smoked and I said I'd quit 12 years earlier, she said that was probably the biggest favor I'd ever done myself. Maybe. Maybe it's the WLS. Taken together, I feel I've regained my health, and certainly have a huge improvement in quality of life. You probably have some times when you're tempted to undo the good of WLS by poor food choices; but I'll bet you fight back and beat them down. Think of your victory over smoking in the same terms. You don't REALLY want to go back to it, right? It gets easier, take it from a veteran of the smoking wars, LOL. But even now, there are times when something will trigger that old desire. Today it was trying to work on the income tax. Any work with numbers always seemed to make it necessary for me to have a cigarette. I was convinced it sharpened my mind at the moment. I never balanced the checkbook without a " butt. " However, for some reason, it is far easier for me to avoid that " just one " idea with cigarettes than it is with food. I have been able to fix it firmly in my head that there is no such thing as JUST one for me when it comes to tobacco. I quit 4 times b4 I made it stick. Each time I got back on the habit, it was bcuz I was just gonna have one ciggy or even just one puff. Carol A Carol A In a message dated 1/26/03 11:25:06 AM Central Standard Time, watnext@... writes: << In a message dated 1/26/2003 7:48:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, tuesdynite@... writes: > Paint the room, scream and cry. But by all means, stay away from those > cigarettes. Having lost 11 lbs while quitting is awesome. When I quit (back > > in 1989) I gained 30 ! > *************************** Yep, and I gained 40. That was the final straw that lead me to WLS. >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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